A drug-crazed woman who attacked a man with a knif
A drug-crazed woman who attacked a man with a knife when he paid her for sex was today (FRI) set free after a top judge said he felt sorry for her.
Callous Charmaine Sewell, 20, accepted pnds stlg 10 from Samuel Agbesyi for a romp at his Surrey home.
But as they prepared to go to bed, she flipped and began raining blows on him.
She then cut him with a knife and fled, threatening to attack him again if he chased her.
Mr Agbesyi was so terrified that he had a heart attack on the spot – and later died in hospital.
Mum-of-one Sewell, who was on weekend release from hospital at the time, was arrested nearby and charged with murder.
But a plea of wounding was later accepted by the Crown after it emerged that the victim had a heart condition and did not die as a result of the injuries.
An Old Bailey judge today ordered Sewell to be freed within days, even though there are no provisions in place for her treatment – and she has a previous conviction for injuring a man in an almost identical attack.
Mr Justice Blofeld sentenced Sewell to 12 months, which she has already served.
He told her: ‘We all feel sorry for you in lots of ways, but what you did was quite inexcusable.
‘It was not a serious assault but it was a sustained attack.
You weren’t so much attacking him as attacking yourself because you didn’t like the life you were living.
‘But it was’t a sensible thing to do.
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The court heard that Sewell was given probation in 1998 for causing actual bodily harm to a man in similar circumstances.
But because she is ‘non-compliant’ and refuses medical help, she was today freed with no provisions for treatment.
After passing sentence, the judge said: ‘What you do now fills me with alarm, but I can’t do anything about it.
‘This is a criminal court, not a social agency, but we try to help if we can.
I find it a worrying, if not depressing, case.
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Turning to Sewell’s defence barrister Michael Logsdon, he added: ‘If you can try to pursuade her to try to make something of her life, it might help.
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The court heard how Sewell lashed out after visiting Mr Agbesyi at his home in Hook Road, Epsom, on January 9 last year.
After drinking and sniffing butane gas, Sewell accepted pnds stlg 10 from Mr Agbesyi for sex.
Prosecutor Sallie Bennett-Jenkins said Sewell, who was on weekend release from Epsom Hospital at the time, then lost her temper.
She punched Mr Agbesyi, then pulled out a knife and cut him.
He suffered a heart attack in the bedroom, and his housemates phoned for an ambulance.
Mr Agbesyi was rushed to hospital but suffered another cardiac arrest and died.
The injuries he suffered in the assault were not life-threatening.
Sewell was arrested nearby, and boasted that she had intended to hurt Mr Agbesyi.
But Mr Logsdon told the court: ‘Although her initial reaction was to show no signs of remorse, she has had the opportunity to reflect on her actions.
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Sewell, of no fixed address, was transferred from prison to hospital in June last year, where she has been ever since.
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